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The Srinagar Smart City Limited recently launched Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping system project under which all households and other premises in Srinagar will have a unique digital address.The project is being carried out by Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL), Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), in collaboration with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, New Delhi, and GeoVista.
Col (Retd) Ajay K RainaCome 22 October and we gear up to observe it as the Black Day. It would, in no uncertain terms, an apposite way of revisiting that day in 1947 when invaders who were being led, armed and supported by the Pakistan army, strolled into the territory of the princely State of Jammu & Kashmir.
In Jammu and Kashmir, over 251, 393 children are stunted; while over 625,519 children have anemia.The data have been put forth by NITI Aayog in a study titled State Nutrition Profile of Jammu and Kashmir. The data describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions.
In one of the recent interviews, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha said that strategy has been framed to counter civilian killings.
The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir always have upper hand in militancy. Since the abrogation of Article 370, the security forces have adopted tough mode against the militancy.
Although the Jammu and Kashmir Administration is focusing on the education sector besides health, agriculture and sports as well, the structure of higher education is on crutches especially the Cluster University Jammu riding on ‘retired’ faculty as no fresh appointment has been made since 2016.
To facilitate the smooth pilgrimage especially in harsh weather conditions, a multistory Yatri Niwas (Pilgrims Shelter) is coming up at Chanderkote in Ramban district of the Union Territory.The shelter will accommodate nearly 4500 pilgrims once completed.
Amidst the fear of swelling cases of COVID, the dengue cases have also started increasing across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir thus putting the Health Department to gear up for augmenting healthcare facilities.Dengue cases have started rising in the UT of J&K and so far, dengue symptoms are diagnosed in 22 people. The most of the cases are found in Jammu.
Aiming to boost the industrial sector under new Industrial Policy, a dry port is coming up in Samba district of Jammu region as a part of Rs 50,000 crore investments.Dry Ports, known as Inland Container Depots, are equipped for handling and temporary storage of containerized cargo as well as empties.
To ease out the traffic mess on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, the work of Satwari-Kunjwani flyover will commence by end of this year and to be completed by 2024.The work will be executed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in an area of 4 km long stretch between Kunjwani to Satwari while the tenders for the same will be opened on September 15.
VijaylaxmiGeorge Santayana aptly said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It seems that the lessons from the history contain no meaning for the Separatists in Kashmir. They fail to realize that their anti-India activities and utmost support in the execution of Pakistan’s proxy war in Kashmir, is paving a way to their peril.
‘Gar firdaus bar-rooh-e zameen ast,Hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast’1. This couplet by celebrated mystic, sufi poet Amir Khusro describes all that can be said about beauty of Kashmir ‘if there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this’.
Jammu, Aug 1: The environmental sector has embraced social media rapidly and wholeheartedly. It is using the medium to support environmental campaigns and to connect people locally and cross-nationally on major environmental issues such as climate change. It also provides ordinary people with the ability to track the quality of the air and water around them and then share this data with others.
Jammu, Jul 31: Immunization is one of the sheilded and most cost-effective ways to diminsh disease and intercept death. It is safe and cheap, and requires relatively little contact between the health system and the patient. As well as preventing death and illness, immunization also contributes to greater attendance in school, increased productivity, enhanced lifetime earnings and economic growth.
Jammu, Jul 30: Examining our approach to delivering justice I mention in my book, 'Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant' that when the British left this country, they took justice with them and left behind laws, in-laws and outlaws.
By Ritika KaranCommon-pool resources are the resources made available to all for consumption and the excess to which can only be limited only at a high cost. Fisheries, forests, underwater basins, and irrigation systems are few examples of common-pool resourcesCommon-pool resources are disposed to overuse and are thus prone to “Tragedies of the Commons” which are present whenindividual interests as well as the group interests are in conflict. For instance, fishermen face the temptation to harvest as many fish as possible, because if they do not, someone else will.
By Ritika KaranThis particular question can be answered while taking into consideration two aspects. First would justify it as, “Economic growth leads to the generation of higher incomes which in turn would further make people approve of the Government, which is the good growth hypothesis.” In consequence, the growth will generate stability. The second justification is that of destabilizing growth hypothesis which exclaims that “growth generates certain complex changes in society, and further, instability.
Mumbai: Actor John Abraham says his biggest advantage is that he is not afraid of failure."I come from a very middle-class background and even today, I hold on to those values very strongly. My biggest advantage is that I'm not afraid of failure. And when you're not afraid of it, you can do whatever you want because you've seen failure and success in the same measure.
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu on Tuesday asked the police chief to strengthen security of shrines across the Union Territory following an attack on the Dargah of Mir Syed Mohammad Hamdani (RA) in Tral area of south Kashmir.
JAMMU: It seems that the BJP-led centre is not aware of the fact that the Jammu and Kashmir’s Legislative Assembly (LA) has been dissolved almost an year ago, as could be made out from an ‘acknowledgement communication’ sent out from the office of a union minister to saffron party’s president in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi, July 1: Actor Anupam Kher was elated to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and says his inspirational words are a great source of energy for him.On Monday, Anupam, who is promoting his film "One Day: Justice Delivered", took to his Twitter account to share a glimpse of the meeting.